Since the beginning of the creation of the Christian Church, there has always been controversy over the way in which the organization was run. The Da Vinci Code and The Secret Supper deal with an alternative interpretation of early Christianity and the Gospels, very different from that of the orthodox Catholic Church. Both novels also deal with the mysteries behind some of Leonardo da Vinci's most famous paintings. The Da Vinci Code describes the attempts of Robert Langdon, professor of religious symbology at Harvard University, to solve the murder of famous curator Jacques Saunière of the Louvre Museum in Paris. The title of the novel refers, among other things, to the fact that Saunière's body is found in the Denon wing of the Louvre, naked and posed like Leonardo da Vinci's famous drawing, Vitruvian Man, with an enigmatic message written next to it. of his body and a Pentacle drawn on his stomach with his own blood (Brown 10-37). The novel features several simultaneous subplots intertwining the lives of different characters; Eventually, all the characters are reunited and the subplots resolved in the conclusion. Unraveling the mystery requires solving a series of puzzles, including anagrams and number riddles. The ultimate solution is closely linked to the possible location of the Holy Grail and a mysterious society called the Priory of Sion, as well as the Templars. The story also involves the Roman Catholic organization Opus Dei. As Leigh Teabing explains to Sophie Neveu (in The Da Vinci Code), the character to Jesus' right is not supposed to be the Apostle John, but Mary Magdalene. According to the book, Mary Magdalene was the wife of Jesus Christ and was actually pregnant with his child when Jesus was crucified. The absence of a chalice in the painting indicates that Leonardo knew that Mary Magdalene was actually the Holy Grail (the bearer of Jesus' blood). The letter “V” created with the bodily positions of Jesus and Mary, because “V” is the symbol of the sacred feminine, represents this (Allen1). The apparent absence of "the Apostle John", according to this interpretation, is explained by the identification of John as "the disciple whom Jesus loved", supposedly code for Mary Magdalene. The interpretation of the hidden messages in Leonardo's famous works (which relate to the concept of the sacred feminine), including The Mona Lisa and The Last Supper, figure prominently in the solution of the mystery.